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28 itemsNeoprene A Remarkable Engineering Material
- A Short History of Neoprene, A Chemical Triumph
- 1943
Promotional booklet describing Neoprene, a rubber-like material made from polymerized chloroprene manufactured and sold by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The publication describes the basic chemical and…
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437 itemsThe Baker's Book [Volume II]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1903
The illustrated second volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked goods,…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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342 itemsThe Baker's Book [Volume I]
- A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in all Countries
- 1901
The illustrated first volume of The Baker's Book, providing a comprehensive discussion of baking knowledge. Intended to be "every baker's hand book," the series describes the global history and significance of baked…
- Contributor Braun, Emil
- Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company
- Subject Baking, Bread, Cooking (Bread), Bread--Composition, Bread molds (Baking), Baking--Equipment and supplies, Cookbooks
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15 itemsNostrums and Quackery
- Articles on the Nostrum Evil, Quackery and Allied Matters Affecting the Public Health; Reprinted... from the Journal of the American Medical Association
- 1911
Volume two of three, compiled by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The volume consists of a collection of pseudo-scientific printings outlining fraudulent medicinal treatments. The quackery included in…
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194 itemsDDT : Killer of Killers
- 1946
Illustrated volume describing DDT insecticide and its development, history, purpose, health effects, formulations, and use. Includes seven chapters, twenty-four black and white photographic plates, and an appendix…
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President Henry Morton, Ph. D.
- 1892-Feb-15
Frontispiece of Biographical notice of Pres't Henry Morton, PH. D. showing a photographic reproduction of a painted portrait of Henry Morton (1836-1902). Morton was the first president of the Stevens Institute of…
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6 itemsBiographical notice of Pres't Henry Morton, Ph. D., of the Stevens Institute of Technology
- Prepared on the occasion of the presentation to the trustees and faculty
- 1892-Feb-15
A biographical account of Henry Morton (1836-1902), written to accompany the presentation of Morton's painted portrait to the Stevens Institute of Technology trustees. A reproduction of the portrait is shown in the…
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12 itemsL'Air
- 1880
A second edition French volume of L'Air containing 95 engravings. The volume is an informational overview of the Earth's atmosphere: the materiality of air, the formation of rain and thunderstorms, winds, the…
- Author Moitessier, Albert, 1833-1889
- Publisher Charton, Edouard, 1807-1890
- Subject Air, Atmosphere, Weather, Meteorology
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7 itemsThe New Text-book of Chemistry for Use in High Schools and Academies
- 1881
An illustrated volume written to provide an elementary course of chemistry suited for high-school students. The volume consists of four chapters covering the General Principles of Chemistry, Non-Metallic Elements,…
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Louis Pasteur
- Born 1822 Died 1895
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), a French microbiologist who investigated the fermentative properties of bacteria, developed the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax, discovered the…
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Dr. [Charles] Chamberland
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of Charles Chamberland (1851-1908), a French microbiologist and colleague of renowned scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Chamberland and French physician Pierre Paul Émile Roux…
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Dr. [Emile] Roux
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853-1933), a French physician and assistant to renowned scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) from 1878 until 1883. Roux and French microbiologist, Charles…
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Robert Koch
- Born 1843 Died 1910
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of German physician and microbiologist, Robert Koch (1843-1910). Koch is considered one of the founders of modern bacteriology due to his identification of the causative agents of…
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W. M. Haffkine
- Circa 1913
Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine (1860-1930), a native Russian bacteriologist who worked at the Pasteur Institute to develop an anti-cholera vaccine. Haffkine is recognized as the…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Haffkine, W. M. (Waldemar Mordecai), 1860-1930, Microbiologists, Bacteriology
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Professor [Emil von] Behring
- Circa 1913
Portrait of Emil von Behring (1854-1917), a German physiologist who worked to prove the possibility of transferring immunity against the toxins of tetanus and Diptheria. Behring won the 1901 Nobel Prize for Physiology…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Behring, Emil von, 1854-1917, Serotherapy, Tetanus--Vaccination, Nobel Prize winners, Physiologists
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Dr. Thomas Dimsdale
- (Afterwards Baron Dimsdale) Born 1712 Died 1800
- Circa 1913
Portrait of Thomas Dimsdale, a practitioner of medicine recognized as a specialist in inoculation. Dimsdale was summoned by the Empress of Russia, Catherine II, in 1768 to introduce the practice of inoculation in…
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Benjamin Jesty
- From the original oil painting
- Circa 1913
Black and white reproduction of an oil painting portrait of Benjamin Jesty (c. 1736-1816). Jesty, a cattle farmer from Dorset, England, gained notoriety as a key contributor to the linkage of cowpox and smallpox. He was…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- After Sharp, Michael William, c. 1776-1840
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Jesty, Benjamin, 1736-1816, Vaccinia
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Figures 40-43: Assorted Tongs and Ice Adze
- 1893
Figures 40 through 43 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting a variety of implements used to collect and move ice during an ice harvest. Historically, ice harvesting or…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Tools, Tongs, Adzes
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Figures 35-39: Wooden Skids, Wagon and Loading Tongs, Packing Chisels
- 1893
Figures 35 through 39 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting a variety of implements used to collect and transport ice during an ice harvest. Historically, ice harvesting or…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Tools, Chisels
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Figures 30-34: Trimmer Bars and Grapples
- 1893
Figures 30 through 34 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting a variety of implements used to cut and collect ice during an ice harvest. Historically, ice harvesting or…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Tools
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Figures 23-29: Ice Hooks, Chain Scoop Net, Sieve Shovel, Chisels
- 1893
Figures 23 through 29 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting a variety of implements used to cut and collect ice during an ice harvest. Historically, ice harvesting or…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Tools, Hooks, Chisels, Shovels
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Figures 17-22: Ice Saws, Fork Bars, Calking Bar, Breaking Bar
- 1893
Figures 17 through 22 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting a variety of implements used to cut and collect ice during an ice harvest. Historically, ice harvesting or…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Saws, Tools
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Figures 2-4: Snow Scoop Scrapers
- 1893
Figures 2 through 4 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting several scrapers used to remove snow from the surface of a lake or river prior to the harvesting of ice.…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Scrapers (Tools), Tools, Snow removal
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Figure 1. Clearing Off Scraper
- 1893
Figure 1 from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting a scraper used to remove snow from the surface of a lake or river prior to the harvesting of ice. Historically, ice…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice, Scrapers (Tools), Tools, Snow removal
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An Ice Harvesting Scene
- 1893
Frontispiece from the 1893 volume The Ice Crop: How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice depicting an ice harvest conducted by the Knickerbocker Ice Co. of Chicago. Historically, ice harvesting or cutting was a winter…
- Author Hiles, Theron L.
- Publisher Orange Judd & Company
- Subject Icehouses, Ice industry, Ice